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(Image: Shutterstock) March 12, 2021 SHARE Imposing term limits on justices who sit on the U.S. Supreme Court could bring significant changes to the nation’s highest court, suggests a forthcoming paper from two Washington University in St. Louis law professors. “Our results reveal that term limits are likely to produce dramatic changes in the ideological composition of the court,” wrote Daniel Epps and Kyle Rozema, associate professors of law and co-authors of the paper “Designi...

The panelists did not offer an ideal number of Supreme Court justices. Mr. Holder, who described himself as former President Barack Obama’s “wingman” during his tenure as attorney general, said it would be “totally appropriate” to add new seats to the Supreme Court, given that the number of federal circuits has expanded from nine to 13 since 1869. “The Republicans have abused their power to give themselves an unfair advantage,” Mr. Holder said. “It is necessary and totally appro...

To make that worse, but here is the bottom line. i dont think that the issue of choice is really what the argument that democrats should be making in this particular moment. i think there are two stronger arguments. one, they are facing a swing vote on the supreme court. so justice kennedy is not, like, just replacing a conservative with another conservative. additionally, the president is currently under investigation. and so the supreme court is going to have to answer questions about whether ...

Next justice will be more conservative and thats going to have really significant effect on i think a number of areas of law. abortion is probably the one people are going to talk about the most. affirmative action and many other areas of law could move in a more conservative direction for better, for worse. >> let me ask you something really quickly, daniel, about the issue of lasting legacy. do you think that may have been a factor in the way justice kennedy or the timing of when justice kenne...

Be thinking about his base and his legacy when he looks at the direction of the supreme court. any president would think about his legacy by the way, not just donald trump. but donald trump pays an awful lot of attention to the people who got him elected. and so those who were thinking like you might want a more moderate swing vote on the supreme court, you know, donald trump can surprise us all, but i wouldnt think that he would actually do that. i think he would want more of a sure thing and l...

Names that includes two women, and as the president begins the interview process, democrats are, as you can imagine, gearing up for a supreme court fight. >> beyond trying to sway public opinion, can you get the nominee to be delayed until after the midterms? how can you really do that? >> well, procedurally, thats going to be up to when the majority leader brings this forward, but we can make this case that this isnt ancient precedent. in 2016, the republicans took the position that you shouldn...

Strategist. along with an msnbc political analyst. its great to have you with us. daniel, let me begin with you. were happy to have you since you clerked for justice kennedy, you have more insight into his mindset more than any of us. explain to us what kennedys vacancy could mean to the sfufue of this court? >> sure, thanks. it means quite a bit. justice kennedy as we all know has been at the center of this court for a very, very long time, and any number of issues, there have been four justice...